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==Timeline of 1623==
==Timeline of 1623==
*1623/2/15 The shogunate declares that [[ronin]] and [[chonin|chônin]] may not live in daimyo's estates.
*1623/7/27 [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] abdicates in favor of [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]].
*1623/int.8 Territory under the Imperial Household is expanded by 10,000 ''[[koku]]'' to roughly 20,000 ''koku''.
*1623/int.8 Territory under the Imperial Household is expanded by 10,000 ''[[koku]]'' to roughly 20,000 ''koku''.
*1623/11 [[British East India Company]] factory at [[Hirado]] is closed; British leave Japan.
*1623/11 [[British East India Company]] factory at [[Hirado]] is closed; British leave Japan.
==Other Events==
==Other Events of 1623==
*[[Amboyna massacre]] in Dutch East Indies; twenty men in the service of the British East India Company are executed by the [[Dutch East India Company]].
*[[Amboyna massacre]] in Dutch East Indies; twenty men in the service of the British East India Company are executed by the [[Dutch East India Company]].
*The third diplomatic mission from [[Ayutthaya]] arrives in [[Nagasaki]], and travels to [[Kyoto]], where the embassy is received in audience by Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] and his retired father [[Tokugawa Hidetada]], at [[Fushimi castle]].
*[[Gima Shinjo|Gima Shinjô]] sends two young Okinawan students to China to study sugar processing. Sugar cane plantations first begin to take off.
*[[King Injo|Injo]] ascends to the Korean throne (reigns until [[1649]]).
*[[Kano Yasunobu|Kanô Yasunobu]] becomes head of the [[Kano school|Kanô school]] of painters.
*The third volume of the ''[[Omoro Soshi|Omoro Sôshi]]'' is compiled.
*The third volume of the ''[[Omoro Soshi|Omoro Sôshi]]'' is compiled.
*[[Gima Shinjo|Gima Shinjô]] sends two young Okinawan students to China to study sugar processing.
*[[Satsuma han]] comes to more fully control the [[Amami Islands]], and forbids local Amami officials from interacting with those of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]].
*[[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] abdicates in favor of [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]].
===Births and Deaths===
*1623/9/20 [[Kano Sadanobu|Kanô Sadanobu]], head of the Kanô school of artists, dies.
*[[Empress Meisho|Empress Meishô]] is born (d. [[1696]]).
*[[Sakai Tadakiyo]] is born (d. [[1681]]).
* [[Tansui Kenchu|Tansui Kenchû]], first Ryukyuan [[udui bugyo|Magistrate of Dance]], is born (d. [[1683]]).
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